Billiard-cue.



A. GREENFIELD.

BILLIARD CUE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7. 1916.

4 PatentedMar. 4,1919.

1 f2" 4 in M M M W ALBERT GREENFIELD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BILLIARD-CUE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

Application filed June 7, 1916. Serial No. 102,306.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT GREENFIZELD, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBilliard-Cues, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in billiard cues, and has for itsobject the provision of an improved grip for the handle thereof.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of artshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a side view of a billiard cue embodying my invention,

Fig. 2, an enlarged side view of the handle portion of the cue,

Fig. 3, a sectiontaken through the handle portion of the cue, and

Fig. 4c, a section taken on line H of Fig. 2.

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawing,comprises an ordinary tapering billiard cue having a cylindrical portion6 turned on the handle portion thereof and a shoulder 7 formed by anenlargement at the handle end of the cylindrical portion 6 as indicated.By this arrangement the portions of the tapered part of the cue towardthe tip end from said cylindrical portion are all smaller than thecylindrical portion, so that the body portion of the one may becompletely turned and then the grip added by sliding the same intoposition over the tapered tip end. A cylindrical grip sleeve 8 formed offiber composition material is rovided with a knurled surface to afford agood hand grip and is Copies of this of a size to fit snugly over thecylindrical portion 6 of the one and abut against the shoulder 7 The tipend of the sleeve 8 is beveled at 9 to give a finished'appearance andavoid an abrupt shoulder at this point.

The bore of the sleeve 8 is of a sufficient, size to readily fit overthe tip end of the one 5 and snugly fit the cylindrical portion 6, thesame being secured in position thereon by means of glue. By thisarrangement a good grip is afi'orded for the hand or fingers of theplayer and an ornamental appearance imparted to the cue.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modification without departingfrom the spirit of theinvention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of suchvariations and modifications as come within the scope of the appendedclaim.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

A billiard cue comprising a tapered body portion and a cylindricalhandle portion, said cylindrical portion being equal in diameter to theadjacent portion of the tapered body portion, and a shoulder formed onthe butt-end of the handle portion, in combination with a compositiongrip element adapted to be slipped over the tapered body portion andsnugly engaging the handle portion, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT GREENFIELD.

Witnesses:

JOSHUA R. H. Po'rrs, ARTHUR A. OLSON.

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Washington, D. G.

